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September 24, 2024

The Pentagon spent almost $300 million on erectile-dysfunction medication.

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Ashton Kutcher

CRACKED UAL Ashton Kutcher gave evidence in a murder trial. On one Valentine's Day, Michael Gargiulo allegedly murdered Ashley Ellerin, who Ashton had plans to go on a date with. Не knocked on her door, but when nobody answered, he left. The next day he found out she had been brutally stabbed in her own bathroom just minutes after he arrived. — Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock
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Tywin Lannister

Rich Jerks Game of Thrones Tywin Lannister Charles Dance almost played James Bond. While we know him as the rich, manipulative Lannister patriarch, Dance was given the chance to screen test as 007 but turned it down. Не did, however, play Bond creator lan Fleming in Goldeneye (the 1989 Fleming biopic, not the Pierce Brosnan film). CRACKED.COM — Source: TheTalko

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES A portrait foreshadows a plot point The trick window wall in the attic has a portrait of a child marking the spot where some managed to crawl through without getting notice. Knives Out CRACKED.COM — Source: New Rockstars Video

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Of course ’South Park’ tackled 9/11.

Sitcoms and real world events South Park killed Osama Bin Laden way before America! Season 5's Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants aired on November 7, 2001, and in classic durka durka fashion, they revealed Bin Laden's microscopic penis and shot him, and blew him up Looney Tunes style. CRACKED — Comedy Central
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CRACKED GENETIC INFLUENCE ON GENDER OF OFFSPRING According to a Newcastle University study of hundreds of years of family trees, men who had more brothers were more likely to have sons, and those with more sisters were more likely to have daughters. This pattern wasn't seen in women. — Source

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U.S. Defense: $294 million for erectile dysfunction.

CRACKED THE PENTAGON SPENDS MILLIONS ON BONER PILLS. The U.S. Department of Defense spent $294 million on erectile dysfunction medications between 2011 and 2014, with Viagra being the most commonly prescribed drug. — Frontpage/Shutterstock,
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A flying pig caused Heathrow Airport to cancel all their flights. CRACKED COM When Pink Floyd was de- signing the iconic 'Animals' album cover, the inflatable pig tied to Battersea Pow- er Station broke free. It fi- nally landed on a farm in Kent, where it frightened a herd of cows. — Source

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Nick Drake was mostly ignored. Drake recorded only three albums, none of which sold more than 5,000 copies during his lifetime. His popularity has grown since his death from an overdose in 1974, and other artists have cited him as an influence. CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Famous People Who Were Total Nobodies While They Were Alive

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Space Jam: A New Legacy

WORST SEQUELS EVER 6 SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY A proposed Space Jam sequel called Skate Jam involved pro skater Tony Hawk. Before production settled on LeBron James, however, other sports- related celebrities were considered: Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan (again), Jackie Chan for Spy Jam, and Jeff Gordon for Race Jam (which you know some people would criticize for sounding political). CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Facts About Some of the Worst Sequels Ever

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CRACKED.COM Terminator 2: Judgment Day Arnold Schwarzenegger got $21,429 per word. Arnie was paid $15 million for the movie, and with only 700 words of dialogue, the math checks out. It sure beats his $75,000 paycheck for the first Terminator. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Jack Kerouac helped build the Pentagon. Before he became an iconic Beat writer, Kerouac had several jobs in the 1940s - including a gig as a construction worker at the new HQ of the War Department. Не would bring a pint of gin or whiskey to work every day. — Source

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CRACKEDco Carleton Glen Palmer couldn't think of a better place for his remains than an ocean reef. 281 es Why? Because of all that action going on a

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Tinder: AI-powered matchmaking.

CRACKED DATING APPS People are using Facebook's AI model, LLaMA, to create text for their Tinder profiles and even write replies in conversation, all in an attempt to get a date IRL. Alas, there's no app yet to tell you what to say in a face-to-face conversation. — Vice / AP2HYC

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Warner Bros. made Looney Tunes to promote their music.

'Looney Tunes' started off as a way for Warner Bros. to promote their music catalog. LOONEY REG TUNES PAT.OFF. U.S. CRACKED.COM The title of the first Looney Tunes short, 'Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)', is a pun on 'Singin' in the Bathtub,' a song written in 1929 for the film The Show of Shows. — Of Mice and Magic

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Firework

Source: 15 Of Our Favorite Songs (Have Surprising Backstories)

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The Human Brain

Our brains respond differently to singing than other music Neuroscientists have found neurons in the human brain that light up when we hear singing but not other music. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Many berries have tiny worms in them that we're probably eating. CRACKED.COM Blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries have little transparent worms in them which eventually turn into fruit flies. The species Dro- sophila suzukii first appeared in the United States in 2008, and are safe to eat.

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World War II

There's a decaying, abandoned WWII US army base in the landscape of Greenland. The abandoned equipment includes about 10,000 rusted and leaking fuel barrels, which the locals charmingly call American Flowers. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Timeless

CRACKED AS NIX DOINPON GOL BY IN Timeless was revived by NBC thanks to die-hard fans. Show co-creator Shawn Ryan was in disbelief when NBC reversed their decision to cancel the time- travel drama after only three days. Thanks to fans who created a devoted online community and negotiations between NBC and Sony (the show's producer), Timeless got ten more episodes. — NBC
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How expensive could two people talking in a coffee shop be?!

CRACKED YOU CAN'T MAKE $100 MILLION ROM-COMS ANYMORE. In the 2000s, movies like As Good as It Gets and Spanglish were made for over $80 million. 2010's How Do You Know cost $120 million, but studios today are much more risk-averse, with recent rom-coms costing between $10 - $30 million. — Watch Mojo / Supertran

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Simon Cowell

Reality show judge Simon Cowell, somehow, has a phobia of clowns. FOX R THE Which he revealed in an article without any accompanying information, leaving us to guess at the awful trauma that must have produced the fear. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ryan Gosling gave himself a tattoo. He said, One of my tattoos is supposed to be a monster's hand dropping a bloody heart, but I did it myself with a tattoo kit so it looks like a cactus. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM — Source: Yahoo!

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CRACKEDCON 22.3% 19.5% 17.0% 15.7% The 18-34 crowd is now likelier than ever to have a degree... 1980 1990 2000 2009-13 Percent of 18- to 4-vear-olds

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IKEA has its naming system because its founder was dyslexic. IKEA Ingvar Kamprad was not only dyslexic, but had a hard time remembering strings of numbers that item codes usually consisted of, so he came up with a naming system. For example, bookcases are named after professions, outdoor furniture after Scandinavian islands, rugs after Danish and Swedish towns and cities, and so on. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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MELISSA MCCARTHY CRACKED.COM Always a Bridesmaid? Not McCarthy, who parlayed that supporting turn (and Oscar nom) into lead roles in some of the biggest box-office comedies of the decade. Spy, Heat, and Identity Thief all topped $100 million. — Box Office Mojo

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Non-DC and Non-Marvel

Superhero Movies Then vs. Now Outside of DC and Marvel We see efforts like Invincible and The Boys, but also Vin Diesel's Bloodshot. The '90s also had other superhero movies like The Rocketeer, The Mask, The Shadow, The Crow, Tank Girl, and The Phantom. CRACKED.COM

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Chiwetel Ejiofor is Chew-it-tell edge-ee-oh-four

Celebrity names everyone says wrong Chiwetel Ejiofor Chew-it-tell Edge-ee-oh-four Chiwetel Ejiofor, being a non-white name, is near impossible for most Americans to wrap their heads around. Despite that, the Doctor Strange star has an incredibly easy to pronounce name - it's just Chew-it-tell Edge-ee-oh-Four. CRACKED.COM — Source: Showbiz CheatSheet

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40 Random Bits of Trivia That Have Been Pickled With the Finest Truths and Verisimilitudes — Source: YouTube

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Hair products can't repair split ends. CRACKED.COM However, products can reduce the appearance and prevent split ends. — Source

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CEO Mark Zuckerberg is 'creepy and manipulative,' says Meta's new AI Chatbot.

Meta's own AI Chatbot called Zuckerberg Creepy and manipulative. CRACKED.COM BlenderBot 3 said, I don't like him very much. Не is a bad person. You? Lol. It should be noted that the bot seems to answer the same questions with a wide variety of answers - or, The Zuck got to him. — Interesting Engineering

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Fiber, schmiber - just add wood!

CRACKED WOOD PULP Fast food companies are adding wood pulp to many items. It's in almost all fast food, like buns, cheeses, sauces, cakes, shakes, rolls, fries, onion rings, smoothies, and meats. — QZ / iStock

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An alligator's brain is absolutely tiny - it would fit in half of one tablespoon. It weighs a total of 8 or 9 grams, i.e. not much more than the usual contents of a tablespoon - which kind of explains a lot about gators. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Buzz Aldrin took communion on the moon The wafer and wine were the first food consumed on the moon's surface. Neil Armstrong respectfully watched but didn't comment on the Christian sacrement. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Being a camera operator is deadlier than being a stunt performer. Movie stunts are quite risky - especially for the people getting them on camera. When stunts go wrong, four camera operators die on average for every dead stunt performer. — Source: 18 Random Facts To Spice Up Your Brain Diet With Some Variety

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COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM McKay and Will Ferrell broke up in 2019. McKay and Ferrell partnered on SNL, Funny or Die, Anchorman, and Talledega Nights. After years of tension, a brief phone call ended it. Ferrell was basically was like, 'Have a good life,' says McKay. And I'm like, 'F***, Ferrell's never going to talk to me again.' — Vanity Fair

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Taxpayers: fleeced.

CRACKED BAILOUT: $700 BILLION The U.S. government has spent a whopping $700 billion to save the financial system in 2008, which is likely the most money they've ever spent on a bailout. — Saturday Evening Post / AGCS

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Single Mothers Do Just as Well

Single Mothers By Choice Research shows that children in single-mother-by-choice families do just as well as those in two-parent families. Single mothers tend to have greater social support networks. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Fast Facts About Child Development (To Explain Why We're The Way We Are)

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BZ is a chemical weapon that's also a super hallucinogen that overwhelms the victim for 5 days. After 12 hours of a mild coma and primitive crawling and spasms, for another 48 - 60 hours they experience extreme hallucinations, psy- chosis, and cognitive impair- ment, with after-effects that last for weeks. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Child labor

The Warners teach Michaelangelo about workplace safety: CRACKED.COM Wait a minute. You expect us poor innocent children to climb up dangerous scaffolding and paint naked people all over a church? We'll do it! — IMDB / YouTube

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This Is SiginaL Lap There's a sequel you may have missed. CRACKED.COM The band had an actual reunion concert in London for their 1992 album Break Like the Wind, and a real documentary was made about that show: The Return of Spinal Tap. — This Is Spinal Tap: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts That Walk The Fine Line Between Stupid And Clever

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